Linux Moblin Running on Samsung NC10: A Perfect OS for Netbooks

One big problem existed with all Linux distributions is their installing on computers. Unlike automatic process of Installing Windows operating systems that you will just need to run one CD and let it be installed by itself, for installing one of the popular Linux distribution like Red Hat Enterprise Linux, you have to use a CD or DVD sets with the vital packages on the first disc and less important packages on later ones. The second problem is related to working with Linux OS. it is somehow needed to know some commands for arranging the same freedom that you get while using one of Microsoft Windows OS.

Linux Moblin v2 Core Alpha platform based-on a Fedora kernel has just been released for Atom-based netbooks by Intel. The goal of making this OS was to keep up the price of netbooks low, meanwhile to bring fast Boot up and performance and smooth running of network connectivity on these slow netbooks.

Laptop magazine folk installed this initial just-released Moblin OS ( without any extra software tool and packages) on a Samsung NC10 through a USB drive and boot it up and run off it of the LiveUSB, They experienced fast and smooth boot and operation. This is very important feature as Netbooks come with slow guts like slow low-powered Atom CPU and 512MB or 1GB of Ram as default. So, you have read manytimes that when netbooks boot up Vista or Windows XP, they have to take 40sec up to 1 minute.

But, if you watch the Video made by laptop magazine folk, you will see that the NC10 netbook takes only few seconds to boot up Moblin through the USB driver. The good part is that the OS uses very little memory.

Also, they found out that Wi-Fi, LAN connectivity and trackpad and mouse worked properly without any tweaking and teasing.